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Solyndra Solar Tubes Reborn as Botanical Garden Sculpture

Out of the disaster that was Solyndra arises a new artwork that makes use of some of the defunct solar company’s materials. Glass tubes, impractical to recycle because of their composition and therefore targeted for destruction, were made available to artists. Ronald Rael, U.C. Berkeley Assistant Professor of Architecture, and Virginia San Fratello have created “SOL Grotto” from some of those tubes. The installation, on display at the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, is part of a larger art installation called “Natural Discourse” which is scheduled to run through January 20.